P-51 Mustang – Seventy-five Years of America’s Most Famous Warbird – Review by Mark Barnes
If you are looking for a book to put a smile on your face, look no further than this colourful history presented by Cory Graff.…
Japanese Soldiers Cannibalised US Airmen On Chichi Jima, WWII
The Japanese island of Chichi Jima lies in the Pacific Ocean, about 150 miles north of Iwo Jima. At 24 square kilometres, it is the…
The Glorious First of June Broke One Of The Rules By Which We Understand Battles
The Glorious First of June broke one of the rules by which we understand battles – that there can be only one winner. After the…
7 Reasons the Conquistadors Beat the Incas
Francisco Pizarro’s conquest of the Incan empire is one of the most extraordinary achievements in military history. In the space of a single day in…
Battles of Attu & Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During WWII
In the cold, desolate Arctic near Alaska in 1942, Japanese troops quietly invaded and took over two of the Aleutian Islands, considered to be North…
Armored Personnel Carrier Converted Into Funeral Hearse For Veterans
Military veterans are being given a new option to travel to their final resting place. Military enthusiast, Nick Mead, has spent half a year on…
MoH Leonard A. Funk: U.S. paratrooper who took out 40 Germans in 60 seconds
It goes without saying that many gallant actions of war are often never recorded and lost to the passage of time as they are treated…
Strange Cluster of Ruined Buildings Was to Be Hitler’s Californian Base
Set in the hills on the outskirts of Los Angeles, in a quiet valley in the Will Rogers Historic Park, is the unlikeliest of sights.…
15 Unbelievable Pictures From P-38 Glacier Girl You’ve Never Seen Before
On 15 July 1942, poor weather and limited visibility forced six P-38 fighters and two B-17 bombers to return to Greenland while they were en…
Hermann Goering’s Brother Righteous Among the Nations?
The accolade ‘Righteous among the Nations’ is awarded by the State and people of Israel to non-Jewish individuals who risked their lives to rescue Jews…
Holocaust Survivor WWII Letters Sheds Light On Divisive Jewish Councils
Mirjam Levie was born in Amsterdam in 1917. In 1938, she was still living in Amsterdam and had become engaged to Leo Bolle. He left…
Wheatcroft Collection: VERY rare 1939 Mercedes 770K starts its restoration & will be on public view once complete
The Wheatcroft Collection in the United Kingdom is a large and important collection of historical softskin and armoured military vehicles. It is one of the largest…